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beavcha · 07-30-2008, 04:53 PM

I dont' know for sure if this is a bug, or a problem with the way the code handles pickoff attempts, but it's not very realistic. I did some experimentation, and here are the results:

Pickoff at first: I attempted 250 pickoff attempts at first base, of that 250 only 23 resulted in an out. That seems about right to me.

Pickoff at second: I attempted 350 pickoffs here. The reason I did more here than at first is simple..I was making sure that what I was seeing was actually happening and not just the game hung up somehow. Of my 350 attempts, 137 resulted in the runner being tagged out.

Pickoff at 3rd: I also attempted 350 pickoffs here. The 350 resulted in only 6 outs! But 107 of the attempts resulted in the following (I'm not sure about the exact verbage but it was close to this): "Out! But no, (insert name of 3rd baseman) drops the ball!"

Seems to me to be far too easy to pick runners off at 2nd and almost impossible to pick runners off 3rd because the stupid 3rd baseman keeps dropping the ball. Now on the Rangers, my local team, that result would probably be pretty close, but not for a game this fantastic. It's pretty easy to kill a rally when every 3 or 4 pickoff attempts at second base results in an out. I've now limited myself to the inital pickoff attempt. If that doesn't result in an out I pitch to the hitter. This is not a huge issue to me, but it does affect the realism of the game to an extent. Just something you might want to look into.

07-30-2008, 04:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
beavcha Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	BZ 1807: Pickoff Attempts Result in Outs Far Too Often I dont' know for sure if this is a bug, or a problem with the way the code handles pickoff attempts, but it's not very realistic. I did some experimentation, and here are the results: Pickoff at first: I attempted 250 pickoff attempts at first base, of that 250 only 23 resulted in an out. That seems about right to me. Pickoff at second: I attempted 350 pickoffs here. The reason I did more here than at first is simple..I was making sure that what I was seeing was actually happening and not just the game hung up somehow. Of my 350 attempts, 137 resulted in the runner being tagged out. Pickoff at 3rd: I also attempted 350 pickoffs here. The 350 resulted in only 6 outs! But 107 of the attempts resulted in the following (I'm not sure about the exact verbage but it was close to this): "Out! But no, (insert name of 3rd baseman) drops the ball!" Seems to me to be far too easy to pick runners off at 2nd and almost impossible to pick runners off 3rd because the stupid 3rd baseman keeps dropping the ball. Now on the Rangers, my local team, that result would probably be pretty close, but not for a game this fantastic. It's pretty easy to kill a rally when every 3 or 4 pickoff attempts at second base results in an out. I've now limited myself to the inital pickoff attempt. If that doesn't result in an out I pitch to the hitter. This is not a huge issue to me, but it does affect the realism of the game to an extent. Just something you might want to look into.